Province·Black Sea Region·Code 69
TÜİK · ADNKS 2024The most common surnames in Bayburt 2024
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Bayburt is Yılmaz: 874 people in 2024. It is a close race: Bayram in second place is only 34 people behind. The lead has changed hands: in 2018 the most common surname here was Bayram.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Bayburt, 2024
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 874 | 10.4 | 1 |
| 02 | Bayram | 840 | 10.0 | – |
| 03 | Kaya | 791 | 9.5 | 2 |
| 04 | Şahin | 778 | 9.3 | 6 |
| 05 | Saka | 740 | 8.8 | – |
| 06 | Aydın | 709 | 8.5 | 9 |
| 07 | Demir | 684 | 8.2 | 3 |
| 08 | Yıldırım | 660 | 7.9 | 7 |
| 09 | Dursun | 611 | 7.3 | – |
| 10 | Kılıç | 592 | 7.1 | 13 |
| 11 | Şentürk | 579 | 6.9 | – |
| 12 | Yıldız | 566 | 6.8 | 5 |
| 13 | Öztürk | 552 | 6.6 | 8 |
| 14 | Kurt | 542 | 6.5 | 17 |
| 15 | Köse | 541 | 6.5 | – |
| 16 | Akbaş | 518 | 6.2 | – |
| 17 | Türk | 506 | 6.0 | – |
| 18 | Okumuş | 499 | 6.0 | – |
| 19 | Çalışkan | 493 | 5.9 | – |
| 20 | Aktaş | 481 | 5.7 | 30 |
| 21 | Çakır | 475 | 5.7 | 24 |
| 22 | Memiş | 473 | 5.7 | – |
| 23 | Çelik | 440 | 5.3 | 4 |
| 24 | Eraslan | 439 | 5.2 | – |
| 25 | Polat | 379 | 4.5 | 19 |
| 26 | Durmuş | 375 | 4.5 | – |
| 27 | Şeker | 356 | 4.3 | – |
| 28 | Kaymak | 353 | 4.2 | – |
| 29 | Karadeniz | 348 | 4.2 | – |
| 30 | Akdeniz | 344 | 4.1 | – |
How do these counts compare with Bayburt’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 83,676 in 2024, about 10.4 in every 1,000 people in Bayburt are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 16,538 people, 19.8% of the population.1,2
Bayburt lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 1.7% between 2018 and 2024.2
| 2018 | 82,274 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 84,843 |
| 2020 | 81,910 |
| 2021 | 85,042 |
| 2022 | 84,241 |
| 2023 | 86,047 |
| 2024 | 83,676 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- ErzincanErzincan: also Yılmaz, with 3,787 people in 2024, 4.3 times as many as in Bayburt.
- ErzurumErzurum: also Yılmaz, with 10,657 people in 2024, 12.2 times as many as in Bayburt.
- GümüşhaneGümüşhane: also Yılmaz, with 3,048 people in 2024, 3.5 times as many as in Bayburt.
- TrabzonTrabzon: also Yılmaz, with 18,762 people in 2024, 21.5 times as many as in Bayburt.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Bayburt’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Bayram 871 | Yılmaz 785 | Şahin 738 |
| 2019 | Bayram 842 | Yılmaz 835 | Şahin 752 |
| 2020 | Bayram 847 | Yılmaz 826 | Şahin 774 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 878 | Bayram 845 | Şahin 815 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 872 | Bayram 829 | Kaya 767 |
| 2023 | Bayram 860 | Yılmaz 859 | Kaya 788 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 874 | Bayram 840 | Kaya 791 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 855 | Bayram 853 | Kaya 784 |
Sources
- 1Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)
- 2Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK ADNKS: Cinsiyete göre nüfus, Türkiye ve 81 il
- 3Natural Earth, Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries